Blackout costs Colorado business $1,458 per hour
We recently wrote about hundreds of thousands of Xcel Energy customers in Colorado who lost power as high winds damaged power lines, and Xcel preemptively shut off the power to 55,000…
We recently wrote about hundreds of thousands of Xcel Energy customers in Colorado who lost power as high winds damaged power lines, and Xcel preemptively shut off the power to 55,000…
Approximately 150,000 Xcel Energy customers across Colorado lost power over the weekend as high winds damaged power lines. As a safety measure to prevent wildfires, Xcel Energy preemptively shut off…
Yesterday, American Experiment policy fellow Isaac Orr testified on a bill that would require customers to opt-in to having their current meters replaced with “smart meters” with no penalties if…
I have received dozens of calls and emails from our supporters asking whether they should allow Xcel Energy to swap out the electric meters on their homes for a new…
Last week, American Experiment submitted 2,256 signatures opposing Xcel Energy’s expensive and unneeded transmission line to the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC), sending a powerful message to the Walz-appointed committee…
Now is your chance to say NO! to the controversial transmission line that Xcel Energy is planning to build from Becker to Lyon County. Worst of all, Xcel wants to…
Xcel Energy has been cashing in on Minnesota’s renewable energy mandates. Minnesota passed the Renewable Energy Objective (REO) in 2001, requiring utilities to make a “good faith effort” to reach…
Xcel Energy is seeking to use its new fleet of 500,000 “smart meters” to make “time-of-use” (TOU) pricing the default billing option for its customers. These TOU rates will double…
On January 4, the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) issued a two-page letter to Xcel Energy urging them to delay the closure of the two remaining units at the…
Last week, Xcel Energy announced it is seeking to install 1,200 megawatts (MW) of new wind capacity in southwest Minnesota by 2027, which would constitute a 25 percent increase in…
In 2019, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz announced his plan to mandate that 100 percent of Minnesota’s electricity come from carbon-free sources by 2050. As part of his pitch, the Governor…
Minnesota’s mining operations and manufacturers use massive quantities of electricity, accounting for 30 percent of electricity consumption in 2022. Unfortunately, newly released data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)…
Minnesota families who buy their electricity from Xcel Energy are paying the highest prices of any investor-owned utility in Minnesota, according to new data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.…
Duke Energy recently made a smart announcement outlining plans to replace one of the company’s coal-fired power plants with new small modular reactors at the Belews Creek Steam Station. In…
The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has approved Xcel Energy’s request to construct a 10 megawatt (MW), 1,000 megawatt-hour (MWh) iron-air battery near the site of the Sherburne County Generating…
Yesterday I attended the Midwest Reliability Organization’s Hybrid Reliability meeting in St. Paul, Minnesota. One of the presenters was from Form Energy, a battery startup focused on building low-cost, iron-air…